The 5S
N
Numbers
b
Game.
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Sort ƒ Set in Order ƒ Shine ƒ Standardize ƒ Sustain
This exercise is adapted from a version I found on the web
created by Kirt Tassmer, Stanley Fastening Systems.
The original game was developed byRWD Technologies Ltd.
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The Worksheet on the following page represents the
Current State of our Work Place. [no peeking !]
• Your Job is to use a pen or pencil to Strike Out the
numbers 1 to 49 in Correct Sequence. Example: 1 2 3
• You will have 30 seconds to complete this task.
• The designated time keeper will tell you when to start and
announce the end of your task at the 30 second mark.
• When time has been called, ask each person to call out
the highest number they crossed out and record these
individual scores on an easel chart.
• Circle the Lowest Score – this is the Team’s Official
Score for this round.
[You will have more chances! … Soon ]
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“How do you feel about your
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“What appeared to get in the way
of achieving a higher score ?”
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5S Step #1:
SORT
We are going to implement 5S in this work area.
Th first
The
fi t step
t is
i “Sort”
“S t”
• Our Initial Analysis shows numbers 50 to 90 are
not essential to our daily tasks … they have been
removed from the work area
• In a moment,
moment you will repeat the “Strike
Strike Out
Out” task
in the Sorted Work Place on the following page.
• Same rules apply: Use a pen to strike out numbers
1 to
t 49 in
i sequence during
d i a 30 secondd shift
hift
• Record your individual scores and circle the
lowest as your Official Team Score for the round
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“How do you feel about your
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of achieving a higher score ?”
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5S Step #2:
SET IN ORDER*
* Also referred to as
“Straighten”
Having achieved some improvement, we will now move
to the next 5S step “Set In Order”
• We have installed some racking on the job site using a
3 X 3 grid.
• We have organized the numbers so that Number 1 is
located in the bottom left hand corner and the numbers
are sequenced from bottom to top and left to right
Example: #1 in the bottom left, 2 in the middle left, and 3 in the top
left, then 4 in bottom middle, 5 in middle middle … and so on
• Same rules apply: Strike out numbers 1 to 49 in
sequence during a 30 second shift. Lowest individual
score is your Official Team Score.
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“How do you feel about your
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of achieving a higher score ?”
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5S Step #4:
STANDARDIZE
[NOTE: We will skip the third “S” - “Shine” in this game]
Next is the fourth “S” - “Standardize”
• After
Aft in-depth
i d th Work
W k Flow
Fl Analysis,
A l i we have
h
installed
i t ll d
the more detailed racking system on the next page.
[NO peeking ! ]
• This allows us to re-organize the numbers in a standard
fashion which will ease the completion of your task.
• Same rules apply: When you turn the page, strike out
numbers 1 to 49 in sequence during a 30 second shift. ,
lowest individual score equals Official Team Score.
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“How do you feel about your
score this time ?”
“What appeared to get in the way
of achieving a higher score ?”
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The 5S Quality Dividend
What benefits can you expect from
application of 5S to this workplace ? Let
Let’ss See
See.
[Note: technically, we have only worked with 3 of the “S’s” to this point]
Quality Audit Alert:
• We have recently discovered two numbers are
missing! We cannot finish our job without these
numbers - so first we have to find them.
• Your Team Task: Identify the two missing
numbers as quickly as possible.
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The 5S Quality Dividend
In a moment you will ….
• Start the timer
• Flip to the next page
• Find
Fi d the
th two
t missing
i i numbers
b as a team–
t
call
ll them
th
out as you identify them
• Every 30 seconds is a “Shift” of work.
• Timer, please announce the number of shifts out loud
as the Team works to find the missing numbers.
• Stop the timer when the numbers are found and
announce the total shifts required to complete the
task.
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The 5S Quality Dividend
Let’s try that again in the Workplace
that has experienced your “Sort”,
“Sort” “Set in Order”
and “Standardize ” Steps of 5S
In a moment you will …
• Turn the page
• Start the timer
• Find the two missing numbers
• Count the number of 30 second shifts the task requires
this time
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“How do you feel about your
score this time ?”
“What appeared to get in the way
of achieving a lower score ?”
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Payoff Questions
• What did you learn in this 5S Numbers Game?
• What else?
• How might you incorporate the 5S process into your
current workplace?
• What difference would you expect it to make?
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The Fifth “S” is “SUSTAIN”
Imagine you have applied the 5S process to your
current workplace and seen improvements as you did
in this exercise.
What would yyou have to do
– or have to stop doing –
to SUSTAIN these changes ?
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